Jharkhand
Cabinet Approved e-FIRs at Police Stations
- 15 Sep 2021
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Why in News
- On September 14, 2021, Secretary of the State Cabinet Coordination Department, Vandana Dadel informed that the State Cabinet has approved setting up of e-FIR police stations in 22 districts, so that people can register FIRs without visiting the police stations.
Key Points
- Cases of special nature related to women and child crimes, theft, burglary and missing complaints of minors can be registered without going to the police stations.
- FIRs related to such cases can be registered through citizen portal or mobile App. For this, except Ramgarh and Khunti, e-FIRs police stations are going to be set up in all 22 districts.
- As per the Government’s proposal, the e-FIR police stations will function in the already functioning Composite Control Room in each district.
- Only officers in the rank of DSPs or Inspectors will be given the additional command of in-charge of e-FIR police station.
